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Canada Should Be Smartening Up Instead of Dumbing Down

Glen Pearson | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada Politics
Glen Pearson

The Prime Minister's personal poll numbers are receding (dropping almost by half since 2010), as are those of his government. Sensing the decline, the Conservatives have taken to their historic method of going negative, as with their recent attack ads on Justin Trudeau. Yet it's not working as effectively because Canadians themselves have faced too many negative indicators in the last five years.

The African Woman Changing Immigration in Italy

Suzanne Ma | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada Impact
Suzanne Ma

Just north of the city, I sat in a room full of frustrated immigrants who had gathered to listen to promises made by Cécile Kyenge, who just last week made history when she was appointed Italy's first black cabinet minister. In Italy, if you are a child of immigrant parents, you are considered extracomunitari, a "foreigner" before the law. But maybe not for long.

What's Behind Growing Citizenship Wait List

CBC | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Politics

A rise in citizenship applications and a process some say has become too complicated have created a growing backlog of permanent residents awaiting wo...

Does Gen Y Know What Political Engagement Means?

Sol Chrom | Posted 02.10.2013 | Canada Politics
Sol Chrom

2012-11-19-slavkoaskingybanner.jpg I've been watching the discussion of millennial citizenship on the HuffPost. It's a spirited exchange. Perhaps it's worth taking a step back and re-examining what we mean when we talk about political engagement; at the core, I'd submit, are principles that apply regardless of age or demographic. It's the ability to engage in critical thought that makes us "citizens," rather than mere "consumers" or "taxpayers." It's the ability to follow a line of reasoning, to view an argument analytically, to evaluate the evidence on which it's based and determine whether it makes sense.

4 New Canadians Who Love To Give Back To Their Communities

The Huffington Post Canada | Arti Patel | Posted 10.16.2012 | Canada Impact

For some new Canadians, adjusting to a new home isn't just about finding a new job or getting accustomed to a new language — it's also about slottin...

New Language Rules Coming Soon

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.27.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Would-be Canadians will be required to submit tangible proof of how well they speak English or French beginning this November.The new require...

The Wimpy Numbers Behind Kenney's "Great Immigration Crackdown?"

Rachel Décoste | Posted 11.12.2012 | Canada Politics
Rachel Décoste

On Monday, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney announced that the federal government had started the process of revoking the citizenship of 3,100 people suspected of lying to immigration officials in a highly publicized press conference.Fiscally conscious Canadians, who appreciate arithmetic, can see through this ideological contrivance.

Feds To Strip Citizenship From Thousands Over Fraud

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.10.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government reprised a familiar get-tough message for immigration cheats Monday, promising to revoke the status of more than 3,100...

Why is Our Public Discourse Aping Shock Jock Talk Radio?

Glen Pearson | Posted 07.07.2012 | Canada
Glen Pearson

I was in a meeting recently in which an MP accused the government and Stephen Harper of being "evil" and "the enemy." I have heard the Prime Minister use that language himself on more than one occasion. The hurling of insults across the aisle of Parliament has now become a pandemic -- no respect, no dignity, no results.

Oh Please! Lord Black is no Omar Khadr

Peter Worthington | Posted 07.03.2012 | Canada
Peter Worthington

Like him or not, approve of him or not, despair of him or not, Conrad Black is as Canadian as maple syrup and a hockey stick, and neither a threat nor a danger to fellow Canadians -- unlike, say, Omar Khadr.

Canada's Own Game of Thrones

Glen Pearson | Posted 06.23.2012 | Canada Politics
Glen Pearson

In many ways, Game of Thrones is increasingly finding its modern equivalent in federal partisanship, and perhaps more and more in politics in general in Canada. In what was more or less a united land, one party has become dominant.

Leonard Austin Braithwaite is Dead. Do You Even Care?

Anthony Morgan | Posted 06.19.2012 | Canada
Anthony Morgan

So why do so few Canadians know about this exceptional leader? Because he's black? Well, yes, that's part of it. The other important reasons have to do with how little we as Canadians collectively value, and promote, Canadian civic literacy, and embrace a citizenship that is duty-oriented.

'Birth Tourism' In Tory Gunsights

CBC | Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada Politics

The Harper government is considering changes to the citizenship rules to target so-called birth tourism — where a foreign national come...

Burka Ban Triggers Feminist-Islamist Hysteria

Tarek Fatah | Posted 02.14.2012 | Canada Politics
Tarek Fatah

It seems we are living in an era of mediocrity where the merging of leftist and Islamist narrative has numbed our ability to see the obvious contradictions this unholy alliance poses to our civilization. How long will this era continue? Will Minister Kenney find allies from across the political divide?

Feds Cracking Down On Citizenship Fraud

CP | Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.08.2012 | Canada Politics

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Althia Raj

Canadians Of Convenience To Be Stripped Of Citizenship

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 12.09.2011 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA — The federal government is moving to strip 2,100 Canadians of their citizenship, The Huffington Post Canada has learned. The Conservative...

My Dual Loyalties Problem

Mark Dubowitz | Posted 12.01.2011 | Canada
Mark Dubowitz

As a Canadian living in Washington, D.C., with a green card and an American-born son, hockey has been a means for me to emotionally gain entry to a foreign land -- a sporting way for a man to fortify the ideas and habits that define patriotism.

Afghans Who Risked Their Lives for Canada Deserve Citizenship

Peter Worthington | Posted 11.13.2011 | Canada
Peter Worthington

Some Afghan translators were killed by IEDs, but it's safe to assume that every single Afghan translator or interpreter is on a list somewhere, marked for reprisal. They know this, and knew it when they volunteered. We, as a country, owe these young people, just as we owe our soldiers who served in our name in Afghanistan.

McGuinty's Tax Rebate For Immigrants: Divisive, Not Affirmative, Action

Peter Worthington | Posted 11.12.2011 | Canada
Peter Worthington

Dalton McGuinty's tax rebate for businesses who hire new immigrants means that other established citizens who are unemployed don't get hired. That alone seems a mockery of McGuinty's rather silly sentence that "a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian."

Citizenship Is Earned

Keith Beardsley | Posted 09.19.2011 | Canada Politics
Keith Beardsley

The government will attempt to strip some 1,800 people of their Canadian citizenship as it is alleged it was obtained through fraudulent means. Good for the government. This move can serve as a signal to the rest of the world that our citizenship is something to be valued.

Ottawa To Revoke The Citizenship of 1,800 People

The Huffington Post Canada | Scaachi Koul | Posted 09.19.2011 | Canada Politics

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said that the federal government believes that around 1,800 people have fraudulently obtained Canadi...

Ottawa To Crack Down On 1,800 Fake Citizenships

calgaryherald.com | Althia Raj | Posted 09.19.2011 | Canada

The federal government believes some 1,800 people have obtained their Canadian citizenship through fraudulent means and it intends to revoke their sta...